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Some pictures from Saumur of WW I Tanks

  • 16-06-2011 12:05am
    #1
    leincar
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    While on my annual Normandy trek, a little visit was paid to the tank museum at Saumur. The FT-17 was used in both WWI and WWII.
    As usual my apologies as I'm not the greatest photographer.


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  • #2
    leincar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭leincar


    Another couple of WWI pictures from Saumur.


  • #3
    Morlar
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    I was supposed to visit that tank museum last time I was over, but ended up going to the st. Nazaire u-boat bunkers instead, definitely plan on getting there in the future. I believe they have a tiger and a king tiger tank from ww2 on display.

    Those Renault FT tanks were also used in WW2 but did not last long, here is knocked out Renault from France june 1940

    17_ID_1940_035.jpg

    You would have to feel sorry for those guys going up agains these ;

    17_ID_1940_147a.jpg


  • #4
    leincar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭leincar


    I was about to post the Tiger picture last night when I was on the receiving end of a power cut. I'll post them in the WW II forum in a while.


  • #5
    nevsky
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭nevsky


    I'm just looking at the photo of the Renault. Did the design of tanks take a massive jump forward with this design, as other tanks from the first world war seem to be cumbersome, clumsy machines?


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